Enrollment Trends at UL Lafayette

The student population at University of Louisiana at Lafayette is 15,665 (13,432 undergraduate and 2,233 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,843 (10.53%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UL Lafayette is 85.75% which is decreased by 2,438 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 595 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 77 in 2015.
2,016 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 66.47% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,528 where 15,665 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 17,519 students in 2017 and was lowest at 15,219 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 17,508 to 15,665 students, a net loss of 1,843 (10.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Louisiana at Lafayette since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,508	15,870	6,904	8,966	1,638	725	913
2016-17	17,519 11	15,998 128	6,852 -52	9,146 180	1,521 -117	653 -72	868 -45
2017-18	17,297 -222	15,666 -332	6,695 -157	8,971 -175	1,631 110	706 53	925 57
2018-19	17,123 -174	15,073 -593	6,415 -280	8,658 -313	2,050 419	906 200	1,144 219
2019-20	16,933 -190	14,603 -470	6,288 -127	8,315 -343	2,330 280	1,039 133	1,291 147
2020-21	16,450 -483	14,020 -583	5,958 -330	8,062 -253	2,430 100	1,041 2	1,389 98
2021-22	16,225 -225	13,700 -320	5,805 -153	7,895 -167	2,525 95	1,113 72	1,412 23
2022-23	15,219 -1,006	12,950 -750	5,464 -341	7,486 -409	2,269 -256	1,005 -108	1,264 -148
2023-24	15,345 126	13,179 229	5,554 90	7,625 139	2,166 -103	926 -79	1,240 -24
2024-25	15,665 320	13,432 253	5,602 48	7,830 205	2,233 67	967 41	1,266 26
Average	16,528	14,449	6,154	8,295	2,079	908	1,171

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,449 where 13,432 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Louisiana at Lafayette since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,870	12,867	5,862	7,005	3,003	1,042	1,961
2016-17	15,998	12,876	5,749	7,127	3,122	1,103	2,019
2017-18	15,666	12,767	5,735	7,032	2,899	960	1,939
2018-19	15,073	12,423	5,505	6,918	2,650	910	1,740
2019-20	14,603	11,929	5,274	6,655	2,674	1,014	1,660
2020-21	14,020	11,318	4,920	6,398	2,702	1,038	1,664
2021-22	13,700	10,874	4,686	6,188	2,826	1,119	1,707
2022-23	12,950	10,598	4,499	6,099	2,352	965	1,387
2023-24	13,179	11,029	4,652	6,377	2,150	902	1,248
2024-25	13,432	11,310	4,717	6,593	2,122	885	1,237
Average	14,449	14,449	5,160	6,639	14,449	994	1,656

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,079 where 2,233 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Louisiana at Lafayette since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,638	987	486	501	651	239	412
2016-17	1,521	933	448	485	588	205	383
2017-18	1,631	924	453	471	707	253	454
2018-19	2,050	1,061	493	568	989	413	576
2019-20	2,330	1,137	531	606	1,193	508	685
2020-21	2,430	1,123	493	630	1,307	548	759
2021-22	2,525	1,092	516	576	1,433	597	836
2022-23	2,269	1,093	518	575	1,176	487	689
2023-24	2,166	1,076	491	585	1,090	435	655
2024-25	2,233	1,181	546	635	1,052	421	631
Average	2,079	2,079	498	563	2,079	411	608

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.18%. The percentage was 67.09% 10 years ago and UL Lafayette still has a high percentage of white students. 2.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 24.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.09% to 56.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.13% to 2.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 20.16% to 24.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.58% to 5.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6166 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5072 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Louisiana at Lafayette over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	77	373	3,530	627	11	11,746	307
2016-17	16	379	3,333	866	6	11,108	242
2017-18	35	402	3,359	920	18	11,290	333
2018-19	54	430	3,254	901	21	11,202	352
2019-20	49	454	3,256	917	17	10,855	436
2020-21	51	451	3,314	948	13	10,281	522
2021-22	57	470	3,567	920	17	9,761	552
2022-23	56	418	3,478	823	13	9,079	553
2023-24	48	405	3,714	821	10	8,929	596
2024-25	50	400	3,908	876	8	8,801	657
Average	49	418	3,471	862	13	10,305	455

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,016 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 66.47% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	17,508	1,211	3,173	13,124
2016-17	17,519	1,297	3,077	13,145
2017-18	17,297	1,512	3,489	12,296
2018-19	17,123	1,929	4,128	11,066
2019-20	16,933	2,285	4,299	10,349
2020-21	16,450	2,635	6,225	7,590
2021-22	16,225	2,742	4,441	9,042
2022-23	15,219	2,517	4,220	8,482
2023-24	15,345	1,967	4,442	8,936
2024-25	15,665	2,016	4,675	8,974
Average	16,528	2,011	4,217	10,300

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Enrollment Trends at UL Lafayette

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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